If you like Mindy Kaling's brand of humor, you will enjoy this book. It is full of both her special embrace of American consumerism and cross-generational view from between GenX and the Millennials. Great listen!

Mindy Kaling's brief biography was fun, but not that funny. I expected to laugh out loud or at least smile to myself. It was fine for a 5 hour listen, but if you want to be more entertained listen to Tina Fey or Penny Marshall's books.

She seems extremely educated and she is very funny. She also does a great job narrating her own book as her voice is semi-annoying but in a humorous, cute way. I really enjoyed listening to this title. Love her take on movies, music and creating lists.

What did you love best about Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)?

This is laugh out loud funny! I've listened to it on long drives twice in two months and it was great both times.

What other book might you compare Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) to and why?

The obvious comparison is Bossypants by Tina Fey. Both are by very funny female television writings. I think Mindy's book is fluffier though. She's not trying to make any big points about feminism. She's just telling stories about her life and she doesn't care that you'll probably think she's full of butterflies and rainbows and little spitfire afterwards.

What about Mindy Kaling and Michael Schur ’s performance did you like?

It's always great to hear the author read their own work. Obviously, you'll hear the timing of the jokes as she intendedd it and you'll hear the intended tone as well.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I was definitely grinning in my car all the way to Iowa. I'm sure the people passing me though I was an idiot.

Any additional comments?

On my second listen, my husband was in the car. Even though this is a very female-centric book, he really enjoyed it too.

Where does Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

For genre,right next to BossyPants and Born Standing Up

Who was your favorite character and why?

Mindy- This is not a good question for this type of book which is obviously written by her about her life and career choices. Still she was very upbeat even while giving a bit of advice with humor kicked in.

Which character – as performed by Mindy Kaling and Michael Schur – was your favorite?

Same question as above??? Although I loved Michael Schur's obituary- outrageous

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

This is not a book for a film.

Any additional comments?

Mindy Kaling is one intelligent, hysterical writer who comes from an upper class family and has a tremendous sense of humor about her time at Dartmouth, being Indian and her strong will. I'd love to be her friend.<br/><br/>PS Why have you started asking these questions in your reviews? Is what we just think not enough to encourage or discourage future readers? I do not care for the format as some of the questions do not apply to the book you are reviewing. Sorry.

The content of this book is fairly unoriginal - concerns about weight, stories about not fitting in as a child, some stories about writing for The Office and Saturday Night Live. In terms of content and performance, Tine Fey's Bossypants is much more interesting. Yet Mindy is funny and she does a nice job of reading the book. If you think she is funny, you will probably enjoy listening to this book, but won't be blown away by it.

Being 50-ish, 'relate' would not come into my experience of the book - and still, when Mindy Kaling courageously breaks down the experience of being horribly let down by a boy, I cried. It's only about 5-10 minutes of the book, but, for me, it was a total deal maker. Other than that, I just found the audio book good company. If you're feeling lonely, ambitious and thwarted, or otherwise dissatisfied, you should give a listen.